HANOI, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption on Monday ordered faster investigation into and trial of many major corruption cases in the remaining months of this year.
The committee required prompt inspection, clarification of the cause and responsibility, and strict handling of organizations and individuals with violations at nine big loss-making projects, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.
It also demanded investigation, prosecution and trial of serious corruption and economic rules violating cases that are of public concern in 20 localities by the end of 2017.
According to the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, there remain shortcomings in the detection, verification and investigation of corruption cases, while the progress of trials is still sluggish.
While the amount of assets recovered is modest, the corruption fight at local levels has not been strongly improved, the party top leader said.
